Egg-beater



(No Model.)

' P. F. CARROLL,

Egg Beater.

Patented Dec. 21,1880.

liliil'" I N.{p -r5ns, PNOTO-UTNOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON, D c.

UNITED STATES- PHILIP F. CARROLL, or DUBUQUE, IOWA.

EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,620, dated December 21, 1880.

Application filed November 8, 1880. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, PHILIP F. CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Beaters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to letters or ii gures of reference marked there-- on, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to that class of egg-heaters in which are employed vibrating beater-blades or dashers operated through the medium of cranks and gearing; and its object is togreatly simplify the construction of devices of the character mentioned, and to render the operation thereof more effective than heretofore.

Theinvention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be here inafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an egg-heater constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2, is a side elevation, showing the cover, driving mechanism, and heaters detached from the box or casing.

The letter A designates a casing or receptacle, made of metal, earthenware, or other suitable material, and constructed with a rounded or convex bottom, B.

The cover G is applied to the top of the casing, and carries the entire driving mechanism, together with the heaters or dashers, so that all these parts can be readily and quickly removed from the casing by simply taking off the cover.

The beater-blades or dashers Dtwoin numberare preferably constructed of wire-work or rods, and are so shaped and located that they will describe an arc-shaped path during their movement and sweep over the entire bottom of the casin g. The beater-blades are secured to vertical shanks or lever-arms E, which are journaled or fulcrumed on the horizontal driving-shaft F. This shaft has its hearings in keepers or boxes G on the top surface, of

the cover, and its end projects beyond said cover and carries a crank-arm and handle, H.

The central portion of the cover is apertured or provided with an opening, I, for the reception of a large spur-wheel, J, secured to the driving-shaft F. This spur-wheel is constructed with a hub, K, projecting from both sides thereof, and the aforesaid arms E, carrying the boaters, are arranged between the ends of said hubs and collars or enlargements L, fitted on or formed on the driving-shaft.

It will be obvious that'the openings in the beaterarms through which the driving-shaft passes must be sufficiently large to permit said arms to oscillate or rock freely on said shaft without interfering with the rotation of the same.

The heater arms or levers are extended above the driving-shaft, and are connected with the oppositely-extending crank-arms M of a pinion-shaft, N, by means of pitmen or connecting rods 0. These pitmen are attached to the lever and crank arms by means i of bolts and nuts or other equivalent devices. The shaft N carries the pinion P, which engages with the spur-wheel, and it is journaled in brackets Q rising from the cover.

It will readily be apparent that when the driving-shaft is rotated the gearing connected therewith will serve to vibrate or oscillate the heaters, causing the same to pass through the egg mass in the chamber or receptacle and effectually agitate or beat the same in a very short period of time. The oppositely-extending crank-arms of the pinion will cause the heaters to vibrate in opposite directions-that is, when one beater is moving to the right the other is making its sweep to the left of the casing. This will insure a thorough. and effective agitation of the egg mass.

I may observe that my apparatus is capable of beating other materials than eggs, as will readily be understood, and it is manifest that it can be constructed with but one beater,c0n-

necting-rod, and crank-arm, in which case, 5

however, the machine is not nearly as effective as it is with the two heaters sweeping in opposite directions through the centers of the casing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- I cranks,a1l constructed and relativelyarranged is ters Patent, isl as herein set forth, for the purpose specified. The egg-beater herein described, comprising In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the casing A, apertured cover 0, horizontal presence of two Witnesses.

driving-shaft F large spur-wheel J, one or more vertical lever-arms, E, fulcrumed on said PHILIP (JABROLL' driving-shaft and carrying beaters or dashers I Vitnesses:

D, connecting-rods O, andpinion 1?, having 2 WM. F. POWER-S,

cra'nkarm, M, or two oppositely extending J. M. WERNER. 

